Doing a Model without diagram or CP

[Langko]

I know the topic is kinda old but I still wanted to show my efforts.
Gandalf
Designed by Eric Joisel. Folded by me without diagrams or cp. Folded it by looking at this picture: http://www-tc.pbs.org/arts/media/nuarte ... andalf.jpg
My version doesn't look anywhere near as good as the masters one but never the less I am extremely happy with the way it looks. I also included the holes on the robe like Joisel did. I know that is not exactly purist but it adds another interesting texture that I like. I hope you like it

Close up of the head.

Close up of the hand.

Close up of the holes in his robe.

[GWB origami]

are you serious?! without diagrams or CP?

[Langko]

are you serious?! without diagrams or CP?

Yep, I'm serious
Just by looking at the picture I linked above.

[Tahaorigami]

Oh my! I am speechless! How could you make it without diagrams and cp? Like this you could make every single origami model ever designed by humans.

[Brimstone]

David Donahue's Owl Bowl

[Th3ory]

I didn't know where to place it. It's not a model but it may become
It's little bit like a challange, well test yourselves.

[origami_8]

Aldo Marcell already came up with a pretty realistic model of a dahlia. Unfortunately his old flickr stream with some amazing photos doesn't exist any longer. But here is one from his new stream and some that show his models at a convention:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69713943@N08/8092492104
http://www.flickr.com/photos/georigami/4110658251/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/georigami/4111422372/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/georigami/4110657673/

[jeko]

I saw Hare's great House (tess molecule)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hare_ru/94 ... 415448@N22
on the PassionOrigami twitter

here is my version



from an A4 paper, I elongated the houses and added a street in between them

[Brimstone]

I got quite close to Takeuchi Kei's Shining Star

And to Carmen Sprung's Freiburg's Sun

[Brimstone]

Akira Yoshizawa's Sunflower (almost):

[origamipete]

I have reverse-engineered a few models too, although not many. "reverse-engineering" was how I started designing, though. When I liked something and I could not find diagrams for it, I tried my hand at making my own version of the subject. Here is a selection of models I have reverse-engineered from pictures:

Andrea Russo's corrugation:


Waterbomb base corrugation by Eric Gjerde:


box by Philip Shen:


I have not reverse-engineered this one entirely, but I did not understand how to collapse it based on the diagrams so I had to improvise

So, this is it. I have tried many more, but I failed at reproducing them. Funnily enough, I have even failed to reverse-engineer some my old designs...

[Brimstone]

Dan Hall's Rosette:

And its three-level-8-point version:

[origamipete]

Dan Hall's Rosette and its three-level-8-point version

Wow! These are very impressive, I don't think I could figure these out just from photos...

[jeko]

I needed a helmet for a birthday gift...

Craig Sonnenfeld - Motorcycle Helmet

original here
http://craigfoldsfives.deviantart.com/a ... -288006104

[Froy]

By Joseph Wu